Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 6 / 69 of 400 #1069 of 1964

Problem 1069

National olympiad, first round
Geometry Difficulty 6.1 Find the answer

Points EE and FF are the midpoints of edges CC1C C 1 and C1D1C 1 D 1 of the rectangular parallelepiped ABCDA1B1C1D1A B C D A 1 B 1 C 1 D 1. The edge KLK L of the regular triangular pyramid KLMNK L M N (with KK as the vertex) lies on the line ACA C, and the vertices NN and MM lie on the lines DD1D D 1 and EFE F respectively. Find the ratio of the volumes of the prism and the pyramid, if AB:BC=4:3,KL:MN=2:3A B: B C=4: 3, K L: M N=2: 3.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Official solution

Let PP be the foot of the perpendicular dropped from point DD to line ACA C. Line ACA C is perpendicular to two intersecting lines ACA C and DD1D D 1 in the plane DD1PD D 1 P, so line ACA C is perpendicular to this plane. Therefore, any line passing through point PP and perpendicular to ACA C (or coinciding with it, line KLK L) lies in the plane DD1PD D 1 P. It is known that the lateral edge of a regular triangular pyramid is perpendicular to the intersecting lateral edge. Additionally, if a line ll and a plane α\alpha are perpendicular to the same line, then line ll either lies in plane α\alpha or is parallel to it. The intersecting lines KLK L and MNM N are perpendicular, and plane DD1PD D 1 P is perpendicular to line KLK L, so line MNM N either lies in plane DD1PD D 1 P or is parallel to it. The second case is excluded because, by the problem's condition, point NN lies on line DD1D D 1, i.e., it is a common point of line DD1D D 1 and plane DD1PD D 1 P. Therefore, line MNM N lies in plane DD1PD D 1 P. At the same time, point MM lies in plane DD1C1CD D 1 C 1 C because it lies on line EFE F of this plane. Therefore, point MM lies on line DD1D D 1, the intersection of planes DD1C1CD D 1 C 1 C and DD1PD D 1 P. Then DPD P is the common perpendicular of the intersecting lines DD1D D 1 and KLK L, and since the common perpendicular of opposite edges of a regular triangular pyramid passes through the midpoint of the base edge, DD is the midpoint of MNM N. Let AB=4a,BC=3aA B=4 a, B C=3 a, KL=2b,MN=3bK L=2 b, M N=3 b. Let HH be the center of the base MNLM N L of the regular pyramid KLMNK L M N. From the right triangle K(HLK(H L we find that

cosKLH=HLKL=2.DLKL=23MN32KL=233b322b=32 \cos \angle K L H=\frac{H L}{K L}=\frac{2 . D L}{K L}=\frac{2}{3} \cdot \frac{M N \sqrt{3}}{2} K L=\frac{2}{3} \cdot \frac{3 b \sqrt{3}}{2} 2 b=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}

Therefore, DLP=KLH=30\angle D L P=\angle K L H=30^{\circ} and

DP=12DL=123b32=3b34,KH=12KL=b D P=\frac{1}{2} D L=\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{3 b \sqrt{3}}{2}=\frac{3 b \sqrt{3}}{4}, K H=\frac{1}{2} K L=b

Let lines EFE F and CDC D intersect at point GG. From the equality of triangles MFD1,EFC1M F D 1, E F C 1 and EGCE G C it follows that CG=FC1=FD1C G=F C 1=F D 1, and from the similarity of triangles MFD1M F D 1 and MGDM G D-

MD1MD=FD1DG=FDCD+CG=2a4a+2a=13 \frac{M D_{1}}{M D}=\frac{F D_{1}}{D G}=\frac{F^{\prime} D}{C D+C G}=\frac{2 a}{4 a+2 a}=\frac{1}{3}

Therefore,

DD1=23MD=2312MN=133b=b D D 1=\frac{2}{3} M D=\frac{2}{3} \cdot \frac{1}{2} M N=\frac{1}{3} \cdot 3 b=b

From the right triangle ACDA C D we find that

AC=AD2+CD2=9a2+16a2=5a,DP=ADCDAC=3a+4a5a=125a A C=\sqrt{A D^{2}+C D^{2}}=\sqrt{9 a^{2}+16 a^{2}}=5 a, D P=\frac{A D C D}{A C}=\frac{3 a+4 a}{5 a}=\frac{12}{5} a

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Then

V1=SABCDDD1=3a4ab=12a2b=12a2b=12(5b316)2b=225b264V2=13SMNLKH=13(3b)234b=3bb334 \begin{aligned} V 1=S_{A B C D} \cdot D D 1 & =3 a \cdot 4 a \cdot b=12 a 2 b=12 a 2 b=12\left(\frac{5 b \sqrt{3}}{16}\right) 2 \cdot b=\frac{225 b^{2}}{64} \\ V 2 & =\frac{1}{3} S_{M N L} \cdot K H=\frac{1}{3} \cdot \frac{(3 b)^{2} \sqrt{3}}{4} \cdot b=\frac{3 b b^{3} \sqrt{3}}{4} \end{aligned}

Therefore,

V1V2=22225213531=25316 \frac{V_{1}}{V_{2}}=\frac{\frac{22 \sqrt[2]{2} 5^{2}}{1}}{\frac{\sqrt{3} \sqrt{5} \sqrt{3}}{1}}=\frac{25 \sqrt{3}}{16}

## Answer

25316\frac{25 \sqrt{3}}{16}

16.

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